Sec Form 4 Filing - Sitherwood Suzanne @ SPIRE INC - 2023-11-23

FORM 4 Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Sitherwood Suzanne 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol SPIRE INC [ SR] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X __ Director _____ 10% Owner X __ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Executive Vice President (Last) (First) (Middle) 700 MARKET STREET 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YY) 11/23/2023 (Street) ST. LOUIS, MO63101 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YY) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) __ X __ Form filed by One Reporting Person _____ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned 1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 119,741 ( 1 ) I Irrevocable Trust

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YY) 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares Phantom Stock ( 2 ) 11/23/2023 A 5,741 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Common Stock 5,741 $ 60.63 100,353 ( 3 ) D Phantom Stock ( 4 ) 11/23/2023 A 5,741 ( 4 ) ( 4 ) Common Stock 5,741 $ 60.63 106,094 D Phantom Stock ( 5 ) 11/23/2023 A 5,741 ( 5 ) ( 5 ) Common Stock 5,741 $ 60.63 111,835 D Phantom Stock ( 6 ) 11/23/2023 A 5,741 ( 6 ) ( 6 ) Common Stock 5,741 $ 60.63 117,576 D Phantom Stock ( 7 ) 11/23/2023 A 5,741 ( 7 ) ( 7 ) Common Stock 5,741 $ 60.63 123,317 D Phantom Stock ( 8 ) 11/23/2023 F 930 ( 8 ) ( 8 ) Common Stock 930 $ 60.63 122,387 D

Reporting Owners Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships Director 10% Owner Officer Other Sitherwood Suzanne 700 MARKET STREET ST. LOUIS, MO63101 X Executive Vice President Signatures /s/Courtney Vomund as attorney in fact for Sitherwood Suzanne 11/27/2023 Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

( 1 )Mr. Carl Bouckhaert (Ms. Sitherwood's partner) and Mr. Marc Dearth (no relation to Ms. Sitherwood) are co-trustees of this irrevocable trust. The beneficiaries of the trust are Mr. Bouckhaert and Ms. Sitherwood's heirs. Ms. Sitherwood has limited dispositive power over the shares and no voting power over the shares. ( 2 )Represents phantom stock vesting to the reporting person pursuant to her election to defer into her deferred income plan account 5,741 shares of performance contingent stock awarded to her. Each share of phantom stock is the economic equivalent of one share of Spire Inc. common stock. Shares of phantom stock are payable in cash to the reporting person in January 2024 and can be transferred to other investments within the reporting person's deferred income plan account at any time at least six months after this vesting. ( 3 )Ms. Sitherwood's total phantom shares has been corrected to include the additional shares that were inadvertently left out of her total on last year's Form 4 due to a typographical error in Column 5. ( 4 )Represents phantom stock vesting to the reporting person pursuant to her election to defer into her deferred income plan account 5,741 shares of performance contingent stock awarded to her. Each share of phantom stock is the economic equivalent of one share of Spire Inc. common stock. Shares of phantom stock are payable in cash to the reporting person in January 2025 and can be transferred to other investments within the reporting person's deferred income plan account at any time at least six months after this vesting. ( 5 )Represents phantom stock vesting to the reporting person pursuant to her election to defer into her deferred income plan account 5,741 shares of performance contingent stock awarded to her. Each share of phantom stock is the economic equivalent of one share of Spire Inc. common stock. Shares of phantom stock are payable in cash to the reporting person in January 2026 and can be transferred to other investments within the reporting person's deferred income plan account at any time at least six months after this vesting. ( 6 )Represents phantom stock vesting to the reporting person pursuant to her election to defer into her deferred income plan account 5,741 shares of performance contingent stock awarded to her. Each share of phantom stock is the economic equivalent of one share of Spire Inc. common stock. Shares of phantom stock are payable in cash to the reporting person in January 2027 and can be transferred to other investments within the reporting person's deferred income plan account at any time at least six months after this vesting. ( 7 )Represents phantom stock vesting to the reporting person pursuant to her election to defer into her deferred income plan account 5,741 shares of performance contingent stock awarded to her. Each share of phantom stock is the economic equivalent of one share of Spire Inc. common stock. Shares of phantom stock are payable in cash to the reporting person in January 2028 and can be transferred to other investments within the reporting person's deferred income plan account at any time at least six months after this vesting. ( 8 )Represents the number of shares of phantom stock withheld for the payment of taxes.

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